I remember not too long ago I would fill my shopping basket to overflowing, and the final tab for all that stuff would be under $100. I’m not even buying all my groceries at the grocery store anymore, rarely have more than 20 items, and today that final tab was $75. The most expensive thing in my basket was the ton of kitty litter at $13. Everything else was $3 here and $4 there. Jeez.

I’ve tried to convince myself I am spending more for less at the grocery due to buying organics and better quality goods instead of the mac-n-cheese and whatnot I used to buy, but I looked at the prices today on the things I used to buy. I am not paying that much more for the organic versions, so that doesn’t explain it. Nope, prices are just going up and up. I don’t know how people with less money and larger families are getting by.

I needed everything I bought and didn’t get anything frivolous, so I guess there’s nothing to be done about it. Bite the bullet, pay the bill, and move on. Doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it though.

I have to go do the cookie dishes from yesterday and read some calzone recipes. Thinking of trying something different for pizza night tonight. More on yesterday’s cookies later. There’s a story. Isn’t there always?